Synopsis
The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.
Carlos (2010) is a 5h 39min crime feature film by Olivier Assayas. The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raid... Selected for Los Angeles Film Awards (2025).
Key facts
Cast
Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Nora Waldstätten, Talal Jurdi, Christoph Bach, Julia Hummer, Ahmad Kaabour, Fadi Abi Samra
Original language
French
First release
July 7, 2010 (France)
Based on
Carlos
Awards
European Film Award for Best Editor
Filming locations
Morocco
Crew
Screenplay
Dan Franck, Daniel LeConte, Olivier Assayas
Producer
Daniel LeConte, Frank Lehmann, Jens Meurer, Jona Wirbeleit, Marc Hansell
Cinematography
Denis Lenoir, Yorick Le Saux
Editing
Luc Barnier, Marion Monnier
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Los Angeles Film Awards 2025
- Cannes Film Festival 2010 generic
- Indiewire Critics' Poll 2010 generic
- Telluride Film Festival 2010 generic
- Village Voice Film Poll 2010 generic ★ Best Director
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | France | July 7, 2010 |
| Theatrical | South Korea | October 11, 2010 |
| Theatrical | United States | October 11, 2010 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | October 22, 2010 |
| Theatrical | Germany | November 4, 2010 |
| Theatrical | Denmark | January 26, 2011 |
| Theatrical | Greece | April 14, 2011 |
| Streaming | France | December 15, 2014 |
| Streaming | France | May 1, 2021 |
| Classification | Germany | 16 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | 15 |
Versions & editions
| Home video | France | December 1, 2010 |
| Home video | Sweden | September 28, 2011 |
| Home video | France | June 1, 2021 |
Full credits
| Director | Olivier Assayas |
| Cast | Edgar Ramírez (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ('Carlos')), Alexander Scheer (Johannes Weinrich), Nora Waldstätten (Magdalena Kopp), Talal Jurdi (Kamal al-Issawi ('Ali')), Christoph Bach (Hans-Joachim Klein ('Angie')), Julia Hummer (Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann ('Nada')), Ahmad Kaabour (Wadie Haddad), Fadi Abi Samra (Michel Moukharbel), Rodney El Haddad (Anis Naccache ('Khalid')), Antoine Balabane (Général al-Khouly), Rami Farah ('Joseph'), Aljoscha Stadelmann (Wilfred Böse ('Boni')), Zeid Hamdan ('Youssef'), Fadi Yanni Turk (Colonel Haïtham Saïd), Katharina Schüttler (Brigitte Kuhlmann), Basim Kahar (Riyadh el-Azzawi), Alejandro Arroyo (Dr. Valentín Hernández / Valentin Hernandez Acosta), Cem Sultan Ungan (Irak Agent), Susanne Wuest (Edith Heller), Anna Thalbach (Inge Viett), Udo Samel (Bruno Kreisky), Juana Acosta (Amie de Carlos), Emmanuelle Bercot, Patrick Rameau (Agent de la CIA), Kida Khodr Ramadan (Attaché irakien), Ériq Ebouaney (Hassan al-Tourabi), Laurens Walter (Policier Suisse), Timo Jacobs (Ami de 'Nada'), Robert Gallinowski (Major Helmut Voigt), Karl Fischer (Colonel Harry Dahl), Anton Kouznetsov (Iouri Andropov), Vincent Jouan (Commissaire Broussard), Yuka Hirata ('Mademoiselle pleine lune'), Johann von Bülow (Pilote DC9), Georges Kern (Otto Roesch), Hiraku Kawakami (Yukata Furuya), József Tóth (Agent hongrois #2), Jean-Baptiste Malartre (Ambassadeur), Laëtitia Spigarelli (Marie-Caroline Cavallo), Samuel Achache (Guy Cavallo), Laura Wilkinson (Secrétaire anglaise), Olivia Ross (Amie de Bruno Bréguet), Mohamed Ourdache (Belaid Abdessalam), Guillaume Saurrel (Bruno Bréguet), Abbes Zahmani (Abdelaziz Bouteflika), Jule Böwe (Militante allemande), Jean-Baptiste Montagut ('Erik'), Ana María Durán (Albaida), Issam Bou Khaled (Général libyen), Simon-Pierre Boireau (Inspecteur Donatini), Pierre-François Dumeniaud (Inspecteur Dous), Olivier Cruveiller (Commissaire Herranz), Carlos Chahine (Assem al-Joundi), Nicolas Briançon (Me Jacques Vergès), Yanillys Pérez (Anselma Lopez), André Marcon (Général Philippe Rondot), Martha Higareda (Amparo), Razane Jammal (Lana Jarrar), Badih Abou Chakra (Cheikh Yamani) |
| Screenplay | Dan Franck, Daniel LeConte, Olivier Assayas |
| Producer | Daniel LeConte, Frank Lehmann, Jens Meurer, Jona Wirbeleit, Marc Hansell |
| Executive producer | Judy Tossell, Raphaël Cohen, Sabine Sidawi |
| Cinematography | Denis Lenoir, Yorick Le Saux |
| Editing | Luc Barnier, Marion Monnier |
| Production design | François-Renaud Labarthe |
| Sound | Martin Sadoux, Nicolas Moreau |
| Costumes | Françoise Clavel, Jürgen Doering |
Additional data: TMDB.
